Practices and technologies

PROHIBITED: This practice is prohibited by national law or policies having the force of law.

regulated: This practice is allowed and regulated by national law or policies having the force of law.

permitted: This practice is allowed by national law or policies having the force of law, but is not regulated.

allowed: This practice is allowed by national law or policies having the force of law, but social uses are not prohibited.

social uses prohibited: Social (or nonmedical) use of this practice is prohibited by national law or policies having the force of law.

commercial prohibited: Commercial use of this practice is prohibited by national law or policies having the force of law, but non-commercial use is allowed.

commercial allowed: Commercial use of this practice is allowed by national law or policies having the force of law.

permitted: This practice is allowed by national law or policies having the force of law, but policies concerning compensation are unknown.

unrecognized: Surrogacy contracts are explicitly unrecognized by national law or by other mechanism which carries the force of law.

no policy: This practice is not addressed by national law or policies having the force of law.

?: It is unknown whether this practice is addressed by national law or policies having the force of law.

Note: The categories defined in the key and used in the table characterize the polices in any given country in a broad manner. Consult the page for each country for more detailed accounts of current policies.

International agreements

RATIFIED: This country has ratified this measure, and thus agrees to abide by its provisions.

signed: This country has signed this measure, indicating an intent to ratify it.

blank cell: This country has neither signed nor ratified this measure.

2005 UN Cloning Vote

YES: This country voted in favor of the Declaration, indicating support for a ban on both reproductive and research cloning.

no: This country voted against the Declaration, indicating support for a ban on reproductive cloning only.

abstain: This country took an official position of abstaining from voting on the Declaration.

no vote: This country’s delegate was absent at the time of the vote, or otherwise refrained from voting.

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